Date: April 5, 1958
A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered. Date: February 5, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 5 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera. Date: January 13, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 13 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Memorial Day: Unknown WWII and Korean War Soldiers Buried at Arlington,…
The United States launches the first solar-powered satellite, which is also the first satellite to achieve a long-term orbit. Date: March 17, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 17 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Eisenhower Signs Alaska Statehood Act Into…
Final run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City after 68 years, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives. Date: April 26, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today)…
Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy. Date: August 23, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 23 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Samuel Alphonsus Stritch Becomes First U.S. Roman Curia…
The first two German post-war rockets, designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, reach the upper atmosphere. Date: September 14, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 14 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1958Willie O’Ree NHL Debut with Boston Bruins January…